Broom holder



May 20, 1924.

C. L. DODSWORTH BROOM HOLDER Filed May 2, 1923 INVEINTOR Cid/k6 Z.Fads/M01174 Patented May 20, 1924.

CHARLES L. nonswon'rn, oFsEATrLE, WASHINGTON.

BROOM HOLDER.

; Application filed May 2,

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, 'CHARLES L. DODS- woR'rII, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State ofVvashington, have inventeda certainnew and useful Improvement in BroomHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders -for'brooms,.mops andsimilar articles and an object of my invention is to provide a holderthat be secured to a wall or other support in a convenient location andis adapted to frictionally grasp and securely holdany small cylindricalmember, as a broom or mop handle that may be inserted therein, having anelongated handle grasping element or holding clip that is normally heldin anextended position when it is not in operation so'that a handle maybe easily inserted therein.

Anotherobject is to provide a holder having an. elongated or oval shapedhandle receiving loop that will permit the suspended object to' swing,sidewisewithout straining, binding or damaging the holder.

A further object is to provide a holder that has a stop member below theelement that grasps the broom or mop handle and against which said broomor mop handle may rest, said stop member serving to hold the lower endof the broom away from the wall, if the holder is mounted on a wall.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a view in side elevation on a reduced scale showing aholding device embodying my invention mounted on a wall and operativelysupporting a broom;

Figure 2 is a plan View on a larger scale showing the device in aninoperative position;

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of the device shown in Fig. 2; and

Figure 1 is a view in vertical mid section on broken line 4, 4 of Fig.2.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numeralsdesignate like parts, 5 indicates a plate provided near its four cornerswith perforations 6 through which screws or nails may be inserted forthe purpose of securing the same to a wall or other support 7. Thebottom edge of the plate 5 is bent outwardly as at 8, to form a 1923.Serial me nt.

saddle 9 on which the handle ldofa broom or similar article rest. I If"desired, the lower endof/the saddle 9 may be bent inwardly to form a leg11 that; may rest against and be secured to the wall-'1'.

- The plate 5 isstamped or otherwise shaped to form bearing lugsnlilthrough which extendsthe rear wire 13 of a, handle holding clip. Thewire 13 is bent forwardly'at right angles at both ends to form twoparallel out.- wardly protruding portions 14: that are integral with orrigidly secured to an oval shaped loop 15. Thelongersides of the loop15-have protective coverings or paddings-16,

preferably'formed of pieces of rubber tube,

that are arranged to come idcoritactlwith a handle 10 when the sameisinserted thro'ugh the loop. 1 Y A stop member, to. prevent the handlereceiving clip from swinging upwardly past a substantially horizontalposition, is formed by stampinga piece 17 out orthe i seplate 5 at theproper location,bendingfthe same outwardly at right angles to the plate5 and there bending the tip orend 18 of, suchpiece 17 at substantiallyright angles so that it will be in the path of movement of the handlereceiving clip.

A torsion spring 19, operatively disposed on a supporting member 20 andhaving one end arranged to engage the base 5 and the other end hookedbelow the adjacent portion 14 of the handle receiving clip serves tourge said handle receiving clip into a substantially horizontalposition. The device is installed by securing the same to a wall orother convenient support at the desired height. When the device is notin use the spring 19 will hold thehandle receiving clip in asubstantially horizontal position as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. If ahandle 10 is inserted upwardly through the loop 15 and then pressedagainst one of the padded portions 16 and drawn downwardly said handlewill be gripped and held between the padded portions 16 on oppositesides of the loop 15 and when released will rest against the portion 9and be suspended by reason of its own weight in the position shown inFig. 1.

The saddle portion 9 prevents the lower end of the suspended articlefromswinging inwardly against the wall as it will obviously have a tendencyto do and thereby makes it possible to use my device on supports otherthan the wall where there is nothing for the lower end of the suspendedarticle to strike against. The saddle 9 and the elongated loop 15 permitthe suspended article teswing--- sidewise freely and without strainingor damaging the holder in case a moving object as a person strikes orbumps against the bottom of such suspended article.

The weight of the suspended device keeps it firmly gripped within theholder and any force tending to pull the same downwardly will only causethe holder to grip more tightly. The'suspended broom may be released bylifting it up enough to loosen the grip of the holding clip which willthere swing into a horizontalposition by means of the spring'19whereupon the handle may be drawn downwardly out of the cup.

The device isstrong and simple in cons'truction, efficient in operation,not expensive to manufacture, easy to install and may be quickly andeasily caused to engage with or release an object that is to besuspended. It is'designed especially for use as a holder for brooms,mops, shovels, and like article's having long cylindrical handles butmay obviously be used for other purposes.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose theplan of construction and methodof operation of my invention, but, whileI have shown and de scribed what I now consider to be a pre ferredembodiment of my device it will be understood that the disclosure ismerely illustrative and that such changes may be resorted to as arewithin the scope of the following claims.

1. A holder of the class described embodying a base plate, a holdingclip having one 'end pivotally connected with said base plate forswinging movement on a horizontal axis, stop means for preventing saidholding clip from swinging above a substantially horizontal position, aspringfor yiel'dingly urging said holding clip upwardly against saidstop means and elongated handle receivlng loop formed'at the outer endof said holding clip.

'2. A holder of the class described embody ing a base plate arranged tobe supported in a vertical plane, a holding clip having its inner endpivoted on said base plate for swinging'movement about a horizontalaxis, a handle receiving loop formed in the outer end of said holdingclip,-stop means for preventing said' holding-clip from swinging above'a substantially horizontal position, a

spring for yielding'ly urging said" holding CHARLES L.-DODSWORTH

